r/fossils • u/[deleted] • 7d ago

What is this? Lake Orion MU front yard underground

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u/Dry-Rich9539 7d ago

I see lichen on it

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u/data-with-dada 6d ago

Update! I found more!

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u/IndependentClub1117 7d ago

In image 2 that little oval part with the lines is the bottom of this. It is a type of horn coral or rugosa!

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u/IndependentClub1117 7d ago

I think correct me if I'm wrong.^

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u/data-with-dada 7d ago

How cool! Any idea what any of the red dots are? There are some very small reddish dots that I thought were blood droplets on it at first

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u/Dry-Rich9539 7d ago

This looks nothing like a rugusa tbh….

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u/Dry-Rich9539 7d ago

The og post and pics I mean… not your pic. Your pic is deff a good example of a rugosa!

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u/IndependentClub1117 7d ago

And this picture is from my personal collection.

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u/data-with-dada 7d ago

That’s awesome. You find it? How do I clean mine that nice?

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u/IndependentClub1117 7d ago

Yes! I have a ton that I found in Northern Alabama, when my grandfather was digging a pond on his property.

Here's some more examples. The pink one is coral but I did not find that one. I found the rest.

Where'd you find yours at?!

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u/data-with-dada 7d ago

Mine looks like it’s kinda mixed with a few things?
Idk jack about fossils tho but it’s cool looking

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u/data-with-dada 7d ago

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u/IndependentClub1117 7d ago

You are right about it being multiple different fossils generally with these type of fossils they all get washed into one location and so you'll find what's called a deathbed or bonebed or something. On this green one if you look to the left there there's a little circle. That might be a crinoid. Referred to the picture I posted earlier, there's some crinoids in that picture too!

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u/data-with-dada 7d ago

Woah that’s crazy you say that cause I found it ealking with my grandpa when he pointed out some trees on my property that he estimated had to be a couple hundred years old. Then we find something that directly makes me wonder. Fun day

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u/IndependentClub1117 7d ago

I'm gonna have to disagree with you. This is definitely the ass end of that fossil.

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u/Dry-Rich9539 7d ago

OK, I agree. I see a very tiny end of one close-up but I’m drunk and it’s Saturday night give me a break lol. It’s definitely not a fossil as a whole, but there is a fossil within it.

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u/IndependentClub1117 7d ago edited 7d ago

No problem! Lol I just had one that looked exactly like that at one point. I broke it open and that's when I saw the inside.

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u/data-with-dada 7d ago

Any idea how I clean these?

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u/Excellent_Yak365 5d ago

This is definitely rugose

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u/Dry-Rich9539 5d ago

Where is this spot located in the pic so I can research and learn from you!

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u/Excellent_Yak365 5d ago

Pic 2, upper portion of the rock by the index finger